Bea Geenen can recommend a great way to start the day. It involves covering herself - and her husband, if he’s handy - in mud, then steam-blasting it off. A close second is wrapping herself in algae and sweating it out beneath a hot blanket. Then she heads off to work.
“It’s a fantastic way to […]
As part of our on-going Top 5 series, Ryan from Catavino has come up with the greatest travel adventures to be had in the world of Spanish and Portuguese wine
1. Sanlucar de Barremeda
A small and indiscriminately located town in Andalusia, it is the home of Manzanilla sherry and a place I fell in love with […]
An act of controlled spoilage in which food reaches the apotheosis of its flavour potential, ham is to pork what cheese is to milk, wine is to grapes. As Harold McGee has said in On Food and Cooking, “Rotten grapes, moldy milk and ripened meat make our lives much more interesting.”
One of the first things […]
My food philosophy is simple- there is no need to eat bland and unhealthy food everyday. Amazing meals need not be complicated; some of the best food is ridiculously simple. Spurred by my love of cooking and all things food related, I share my kitchen adventures- a sort of diary of an urban cook. I’m […]
It has been found that people living in Mediterranean Countries such as Southern France, Spain and Italy live longer than people in other parts of the world. Why is this? It’s what they eat and how the Mediterranean’s cook their food that makes all the difference.
From Mediterranean Country to Mediterranean Country, the way the food […]
Looking for a traditional Spanish recipe? Without doubt, the best-known is going to be the prodigious paella… that tasty, adaptable, gregarious dish famed throughout Spain and the World.
And, what an impressive choice of recipes exist for a pleasurable paella: seafood, chicken, rabbit … or a mixture of all three! Perhaps you are non-meat eating … […]
Santiago de Compostela, the Spanish cathedral housing the relics of St. James, has long exerted a powerful pull on travelers. For over a thousand years, pilgrims from all walks of life and all corners of the globe have trod the rugged trail from France across northern Spain in a spiritual quest for forgiveness and healing.
Arriving […]
With over fifty million tourists visiting Spain each year, this popular West European country must have something special which attracts the visitor. What exactly is it …?
The main beauty of this lovely land can be summed up in just one word - variety - and, as you all well know, variety is the spice of […]
Spain, with its myriad of influences and epic history, is a country with a diverse gamut of sights and sounds to offer its 45 million tourists who visit every year. An area where this can be seen in particular is in its museums and galleries, a rich history of art and culture has left Spain […]
Spain is a country with a long proud history including settlement by the Ancient Romans and many centuries of domination by the Moors. It is a country of great diversity, with mountain ranges in the North East, beautiful beaches in the South and a luscious green coastline in the north. Spain is great for lovers […]